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Coping with cancerSide effects of cancer drugs

This section looks at the most common side effects of cancer drugs and how to deal with them. Each page has information about the effects of chemotherapy, biological therapies (including vaccines and monoclonal antibodies), hormone therapies and other cancer drugs. This is general information. Our individual cancer drugs pages give information about the possible side effects of each drug.

CancerHelp UK's your tips and stories section is a way to share tips on how you've coped with treatment. If you have a tip that could help others to manage their treatment with cancer drugs, please send it to us. You can send it on the your tips and stories contribution form.

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